Band gap engineering of TiO 2 nanostructure-based dye solar cells (DSCs) fabricated via electrophoresis

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 4531-4538

  Hamadanian, M ^a   Jabbari, V ^a   Gravand, A ^a   Asad, M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Semiconductor Research Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

Core shell; DSSCs; Nanoparticles; Surface treatment; ZnO P25

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; CELL EFFICIENCY; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; CORE-SHELL; DSSCS; DYE SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON-TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; FILM ELECTRODES; FREE ELECTRON; NANO-POROUS; POST TREATMENT; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SIMPLE METHOD; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIO; ZNO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; NANOPARTICLES; SURFACE TREATMENT; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84862487234     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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